避重就轻 To ride off on side issues. It is better to fall from the window than from the roof. Of two evils choose the least. eg：For such an important problem，you cant just ride off on side issues. 反义词：首当其冲 Bear the b...

比比皆是 Here and there and everywhere. eg：Such items can be found right and left, at lower prices, too. 中英俚语俗语来源：明陶宗仪辍耕录：朝为师生而暮若途人者，比比皆是。 同义词：满坑满谷 As t...

背信弃义 Put the cart before the horse. Turn topsy-turvy. eg：Writing a book review before you have read the whole book is putting the cart before the horse. 中英俚语俗语来源：大学：物有本末，事有终始。 同义词：...

背信弃义 Go back on a person. To back out. Play one false. A breach of promise. Go back on. eg：He is a gentleman who will not go back on anybody. 反义词：忠心耿耿 As true as the dial to the sun....

背道而驰 Run counter to. Look one way and row another. To be diametrically opposed to. eg：Im not to run counter to my principle to lend money to that guy. 中英俚语俗语来源：苏轼诗：仙山佛国本同归，世迹玄关两背...

暴跳如雷 Fly into a passion To go berserk. Hit the ceiling. Get ones monkey up. In a towering rage. Stamp with fury. Have a tantrum. Blow ones top (stack). eg：On learning the fact, Robert flew into a passion and slapped his desk. 同义...

饱经风霜 Gone through thick and thin. Gone through deep waters. eg：George has gone through thick and thin to become an experienced expert in his trade. 同义词：曾经沧海 To have sailed the seven seas. 反义词：涉世未深 B...

半途而废 Drop(fall) by the way side. Not go the whole hog. eg：It is silly to do things by halves. 中英俚语俗语来源：礼记：君子遵道而行，半途而废，吾弗能已矣。 反义词：坚持不懈 Stick it out...

百折不挠 Fight for it tooth and nail. Get at it hammer and tongs. Never say die. Stick it out. eg：If Tom wants to win the scholarship, he has to fight for it tooth and nail in studying all text books. 中英俚语俗语来源：汉蔡邕...

百无聊赖 Its more pain to do nothing than something. Have time hanging on ones hands. Bored stiff. eg：A busybody feels that its more pain to do nothing than something whenever he is at leisure. 同义词：闲极无聊 Twiddle ones th...